For an understanding of why I order from Amazon a lot, be aware that I recently researched my Warn winch, winch carrier, and wireless remote on www.warn.com, made up my mind on what I wanted, and then began scouring the Internet pricing them (using their part numbers). I ordered all three of them from Amazon.com as they had the best pricing - bar none -- when shipping was considered. Key to that is that I'm an Amazon Prime member ($80 per year). For my 80 bucks I get access to a shared kindle library, 5000+ movies I can stream for free because of my membership, and things stocked/sold by Amazon, itself, are usually Prime-eligible -- which means free two-day shipping. (And I can, if I like, pay $3.99 per item to have it next-day aired if I'm in an even greater hurry.)

I honestly feel like I've raped Amazon in shipping charges in the last 6 months. My UWS truck box (an oversized object, obviously) was 200 bucks cheaper from Amazon than anywhere else I priced it ... -AND- it was Prime-eligible (no shipping cost) and, thus, drop-shipped to me in 2 days because of it. My winch (all 87 lbs of it) was free 2-day shipping because it was Prime-eligible. Between those two items I got my 80 bucks back and then some. Other things that came from Amazon include my wheels (yes, they sell wheels!), alarm system components, stereo system components (except the subwoofer), sound deadening material, tailgate damper, Predator tuner, and all the LED's I've emplaced in the cab. Of those items the only thing I paid for shipping on was the sound-deadening material, as it wasn' stocked by Amazon, itself, and was instead simply sold through them by a third party. The rest was free shipping. And Amazon has a fantastic return policy (I've used it a few times.)

Surreal

P.S. I'm sure I've left off small details, but that covers the vast bulk of it. Realize though that I am -NOT- vendor-loyal. I go where prices+shipping are cheapest as long as there's a good return policy.